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🎭 Up Close Theatre & Up Close Radio – Annual General Meeting 🎙️ Saturday 8th November – 7:00 PM 📍 The Barrel House (formerly The Palace Nightclub), Cooper Street, Bideford Join us for this year's Up Close Theatre & Up Close Radio AGM — an evening to look back on a fantastic year of creativity, community and performance, and to look ahead to...

Up Close Theatre and Up Close Radio are thrilled to announce the launch of an ambitious new community venture — The Barrel House Project — right in the heart of Bideford Quay. Housed in the former Cooper Street nightclub, the Barrel House is set to be transformed into a vibrant multi-purpose performance venue, complete with a cinema and theatre spa...

Sheila's Island by Tim Firth Presented By UP CLOSE THEATRE Performances: APRIL 2026 Venue: VARIOUS About the Play Sheila's Island is a comedic and touching play by Tim Firth (Calendar Girls, Neville's Island) that follows four middle-aged businesswomen on a team-building weekend gone hilariously wrong. Stranded on an island in the Lake Distric...

Love a laugh? Crave a deal? You're in luck! Our Early Bird Offers are here – but only until 31st July 2025 – so grab your tickets now and save a tenner when you book two seats for either of these fantastic upcoming shows at Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple:  🌱 Jack and His Thumping Great Stalk – Vintage Radio Adult Pantomime Sunday 26th October 202...